p. 139. making, forging, or counterfeiting, any coin in the resem R. S., 5458, post, blance or similitude of any of the minor coinage which has been, or hereafter may be, coined at the mints of the United States; or shall pass, utter, publish, or sell, or bring into the United States from any foreign place, or have in his possession, any such false, forged, or counterfeited coin, with intent to defraud any body politic or corporation, or any person or persons whatsoever, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall, on conviction thereof, be punished by fine not exceeding one thousand dollars and by imprisonment and confinement at hard labor not exceeding three years. impairing, &c., rent coins; R. S., 5459, post, SEC. 63. That if any person shall fraudulently, by any for fraudulently art, way, or means whatsoever, deface, mutilate, impair, gold or silver curdiminish, falsify, scale, or lighten the gold or silver coins which have been, or which shall hereafter be, coined at the P. 139. mints of the United States, or any foreign gold or silver coins which are by law made current, or are in actual use and circulation as money within the United States, every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a high misdemeanor, and shall be imprisoned not exceeding two years, and fined not exceeding two thousand dollars. debasing the gold the United States, SEC. 64. That if any of the gold or silver coins which for fraudulently shall be struck or coined at any of the mints of the United or silver coins of States shall be debased, or made worse as to the proportion of fine gold or fine silver therein contained; or shall be of less weight or value than the same ought to be, pursuant to the several acts relative thereto; or if any of the weights or defacing used at any of the mints or assay-offices of the United weights, &c. States shall be defaced, increased, or diminished through the fault or connivance of any of the officers or persons who shall be employed at the said mints or assay-offices, with a fraudulent intent; and if any of the said officers or persons shall embezzle any of the metals which shall at any time be committed to their charge for the purpose of being coined, or any of the coins which shall be struck or coined at the said mints, or any medals, coins, or other moneys of said mints or assay-offices at any time committed to their charge, or of which they may have assumed the charge, every such officer or person who shall commit any or either of the said offenses shall be deemed guilty of felony, and shall be imprisoned at hard labor for a term not less than one year nor more than ten years, and shall be fined in a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars. Penalty for emcoins, or medals, bezzling metals or &c. take effect. SEC. 65. That this act shall take effect on the first day of When act to April, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, when the offices urer at, &c., vacated. &c., to continue, p. 110. ents to act as Office of treas of the treasurer of the mints in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New Orleans shall be vacated, and the assistant treasurer at New York shall cease to perform the duties of treasurer of Other officers, the assay-office. The other officers and employees of the give bonds, &c. mints and assay-offices now appointed shall continue to hold R. S., 3497, post, their respective offices, they having first given the necessary bonds, until further appointments may be required, the Director of the Mint at Philadelphia being styled and acting Superintend as superintendent thereof. The duties of the treasurers shall treasurers. devolve as herein provided upon the superintendents, and Treasurers to said treasurers shall act only as assistant treasurers of ant treasurers. the United States: Provided, That the salaries heretofore Salaries not di- paid to the treasurers of the mints at Philadelphia, San Francisco, and New Orleans, acting as assistant treasurers, shall hereafter be paid to them as "assistant treasurers of the United States," and that the salary of the assistant treasurer at New York shall not be diminished by the vacation of his office as treasurer of the assay-office. act only as assist minished. Names of the different mints and assay-offices. SEC. 66. That the different mints and assay-offices authorized by this act shall be known as "the mint of the United R.S., 3495, post, States at Philadelphia," "the mint of the United States at p. 110. propriations. San Francisco," "the mint of the United States at Carson," "the mint of the United States at Denver," "the United States assay-office at New York," and "the United States assay-office at Boise City, Idaho," "the United States assayUnexpendedap- office at Charlotte, North Carolina ;" and all unexpended appropriations herteofore authorized by law for the use of the mint of the United States at Philadelphia, the branchmint of the United States in California, the branch-mint of the United States at Denver, the United States assay-office in New York, the United States assay-office at Charlotte, North Carolina, and the United States assay-office at Boise City, Idaho, are hereby authorized to be transferred for the account and use of the institutions established and located respectively at the places designated by this act. This act to be known as coinage act, &c. SEC. 67. That this act shall be known as the "Coinage act of eighteeen hundred and seventy-three;" and all other acts and parts of acts pertaining to the mints, assay-offices, and coinage of the United States inconsistent with the proOther acts, &c., Visions of this act are hereby repealed: Provided, That this repealed; such repeal not to af act shall not be construed to affect any act done, right acfect, &c. crued, or penalty incurred, under former acts, but every such right is hereby saved; and all suits and prosecutions for acts already done in violation of any former act or acts of Congress relating to the subjects embraced in this act may be begun or proceeded with in like manner as if this act had 1870, ch. 296, s. 1, not been passed; and all penal clauses and provisions in existing laws relating to the subjects embraced in this act shall be deemed applicable thereto: And provided further, That so much of the first section of "An act making appro- Repeal of part of priations for sundry civil expenses of the government for the v. 16. year ending June thirty, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and for other purposes," approved July fifteen, eighteen hundred and seventy, as provides that until after the completion and occupation of the branch-mint building in San Francisco, it shall be lawful to exchange, at any mint or branch-mint of the United States, unrefined or unparted bullion, whenever, in the opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, it can be done with advantage to the government, is hereby repealed. Approved, February 12, 1873. CHAP. CXXXVIII.—AN ACT MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE CUR Feb. 14, 1873. RENT AND CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE INDIAN DEPARTMENT, Vol. XVII, p. 437. AND FOR FULFILLING TREATY STIPULATIONS WITH VARIOUS * * * Delivery of Choctaws sus bonds to the pended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SEC. 3. That all authority now existing by the acts of March second, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, and March tbird, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, or otherwise, to ante, p. 37. issue or deliver any bonds of the United States to the Choctaw tribe of Indians, is hereby suspended until the further action of Congress in the matter, and providing for such issue or delivery * Approved, February 14, 1873. CHAP. CCLXI-AN ACT FOR THE CREATION OF A COURT FOR THE March 3, 1873. Vol. XVII, p. 601. The money paid States by Great to the United Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That immediately upon the payment of the sum of money awarded to the United States by the tribunal of arbitration at Gene- by the tribunal at va to be paid by the Government of Great Britain, the same used, &c. Britain awarded Geneva, how to be 23, 1874, post, p. 11, 1876, post, p. 147. See act of June shall be paid into the treasury, and used to redeem, so far 142; act of April as it may, the public debt of the United States, and the amount equal to the debt so redeemed shall be invested in the five per cent. registered bonds of the United States to be held subject to the future disposition of Congress. Approved, March 3, 1873. PROVISIONS OF THE REVISED STATUTES RELATING "PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE GENERAL DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY RESPECTING LOANS AND THE CURRENCY." General duties SEC. 248. The Secretary of the Treasury shall, from time of the Secretary to time, digest and prepare plans for the improvement and management of the revenue, and for the support of the public credit; shall superintend the collection of the revenue; shall, from time to time, prescribe the forms of keeping and rendering all public accounts and making returns; shall grant, under the limitations herein established, or to be hereafter provided, all warrants for moneys to be issued from the Treasury in pursuance of appropriations by law; shall make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature in person or in writing, as may be required, respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office; and generally shall perform all such services relative to the finances as he shall be directed to perform. Rules, regulations, and forms. 10 Feb., 1820, c. * SEC. 251. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make and issue from time to time such instructions and regulations to 11, ss. 14, 15, v. 3. the several collectors, receivers, depositaries, officers, and 6 Aug., 146, c. others who may receive Treasury notes, United States notes, 172, s. e. v. 13, p. or other securities of the United States, or who may be in 84, s. 5, v. 9. 30 June, 1864, c. 221, ante, p. 67. 14 July, 1870, c. any way engaged or employed in the preparation and issue 255, s. 34, v. 16. Res. 9, v. 11. 14 May, 1856, of the same, as he shall deem best calculated to promote the public convenience and security, and to protect the United States, as well as individuals, from fraud and loss; he shall prescribe forms of entries, oaths, bonds, and other papers, and rules and regulations, not inconsistent with law, to be used under and in the execution and enforcement of the various provisions of the internal revenue laws, or in carrying out the provisions of law relating to raising revenue from imports, or to duties on imports, or to warehousing; he shall give such directions to collectors and prescribe such rules and forms to be observed by them as may be necessary for the proper execution of the law; he shall also prescribe the forms of the annual statements to be submitted to Congress by him showing the actual state of commerce and navigation between the United States and foreign countries, or coastwise between the collection districts of the United States in each year. 73, s. 5, v. 12, p. See s. 1, post, p. SEC. 254. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to Deposits of gold. receive deposits of gold coin and bullion with the Treasurer 3 Mar, 1863, c. or any assistant treasurer of the United States, in sums not 711, ante, p. 57. less than twenty dollars, and to issue certificates therefor, in denominations of not less than twenty dollars, each, cor- 149. responding with the denominations of the United States notes. The coin and bullion deposited for or representing the certificates of deposit shall be retained in the Treasury for the payment of the same on demand. And certificates representing coin in the Treasury may be issued in payment of interest on the public debt, which certificates, together with those issued for coin and bullion deposited, shall not at any time exceed twenty per centum beyond the amount of coin and bullion in the Treasury; and the certificates for coin and bullion in the Treasury shall be received at par in payment for duties on imports. * SEC. 257. The Secretary of the Treasury shall make the following annual reports to Congress: First. A report on the subject of finance, containing estimates of the public revenue and public expenditures for the fiscal year then current, and plans for improving and increasing the revenues from time to time, for the purpose of giving information to Congress in adopting modes of raising the money requisite to meet the public expenditures. DEBTS DUE BY OR TO THE UNITED STATES. Duties and oth United States, in be paid. er debts to the what currency to The words in SEC. 3473. All duties on imports shall be paid in gold and silver coin only, [or coin certificates], or in demand Treasury notes, issued under the authority of the acts of July seventeen, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, chapter five; and brackets inserted by act of Feb. 27, February twelve, eighteen hundred and sixty-two, chapter 1877. twenty; and all taxes and all other debts and demands than duties on imports, accruing or becoming due to the United 23 Dec. 1857, c. States, shall be paid in gold and silver coin, Treasury notes, 6 Ang.. 1846, c. 90, s. 18, v. 9. 1, 8. 6, v. 11. |